1) Crouching 2) Got ready to spring 3) Huddled 4) Hunkered 5) Hunkered down 6) Squatting close to the ground 7) To stoop or bend low 8) Unerect Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/crouched
Crouched (kroucht) adjective Marked with the sign of the cross. [ Obsolete] Crouched friar . See Crutched friar , under Crutched . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/193
crouchingadjective squatting close to the ground; `poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind`; `he stayed in the ditch hunkered down` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974